JOHNNIE WALKER ACA All*Stars vs Aussie Fans XI - Only Twenty20
November 21, 2010, 7:40PM AET
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Umpires: Oxenford, BNJ (AUS), Reiffel, PR (AUS)
Third Umpire: Barrow, AJ (AUS)
Aussie Fans XI won the toss and elected to bat
JOHNNIE WALKER ACA All*Stars 5/186 (20.0)
Aussie Fans XI 8/191 (20.0)
Aussie Fans XI won by 5 runs
Fans XI beat All Stars at Gabba
A superb hand by Brad Hodge - after Tim Paine appeared to break his - was still not enough to lift the ACA All Stars in their Twenty20 clash with the Aussie Fans' XI at the Gabba on Sunday night.
The forgotten man of Australian cricket gave national selectors another not so subtle reminder by thrashing 84 off 50 balls, including eight fours and four sixes.
His heroics came after the All Stars lost wicketkeeper Paine in the very first over chasing the Fans XI's 8-191 off their 20 overs.
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But it was not enough as the All Stars fell short at 5-186 when Lee Carseldine (27) was caught on the boundary trying to hit a six off the last ball for victory.
Hodge put on 76 with big hitting opener David Warner (43; four fours, one six) before the All Stars lost momentum.
Earlier, Aaron O'Brien took 3-26 off four overs while a fighting 42 by David Hussey and skipper Matthew Hayden's breezy 34 lifted the Fans XI to 8-191 off their 20 overs.
Of Hodge's Test career, Hayden said: "Not too many score a Test match 200 and get dropped the next game.
"But he has been competing with guys like Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn, so you have to put it into context.
"But there is nothing wrong with his technique or attitude."
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